The Study Of Fishermen's Union In Zhe-jiang Coastal Areas During The Period Of Republic Of China

During the period of Republic of China, Fishermen's Union were generally set up in the coastal areas, which had made contributions to promote the economic development of the fishing industry, and improve the livelihood of fishermen, but in the course of whose development, there were also many problems. This article attempts to make Yuhuan Fishermen's Union as an example to study the development of Fishermen's Union in Zhejiang coastal areas during the period of Republic of China. It talks about the founding and developmentship of Yuhuan Fishermen's Union, analyses the the practical effect in repairing fishing gears, carrying out protection and surveying, reliefing from the disasters, resoluting disputes across the fishermen, implementing cooperation projects and other aspects one by one, and summarizes the characteristics of Yuhuan Fishermen's Union, in order to provide a new perspective for comeprehensive understand the contribution and inadequacies of Yuhuan Fishermen's Union during the period of Republic of China. Finally, this article will compare Yuhuan Fishermen's Union to that in Shandong, Fujian and other coastal aeras to give prominence to its individualism.